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- ↑ "Bill Carris' Biography". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ "Rochester", The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, Vermont, 141 year, number 92, April 17, 1969, page 16 (other edition). (subscription required)
- ↑ "Carris clinches Senate seat," Rutland Herald, November 8, 2006.
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